Weather Records on 28 March 1958

371 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 March 1958. Highest significance: Limoeiro de Anadia, BR.

Key Facts for 28 March 1958

On 28 March 1958, 371 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
37 were record highs and 63 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 368 daily.
Limoeiro de Anadia set a daily record precipitation of 49.2 mm (1.9 in) on 28 March 1958.
Across 164 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

371 stations

371 station records on 28 March 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 March 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Limoeiro de Anadia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pau Dos Ferros	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Beaconsfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sedgwick	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Daniel de Queiroz (Muxiopo)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kottur	India	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gothenburg	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gundlupet	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hambledon Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	255.3 mm (10.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mulgrave Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	198.1 mm (7.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Salva Vidas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cajazeiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney 6NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ely AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
The Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	165.4 mm (6.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Krishnarajnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ingham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	205.7 mm (8.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tacoma	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aracaju	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dushanbe	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Louisburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yungaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lethebrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	194.1 mm (7.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Milagres	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lagoa da Canoa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Esplanada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lodgepole	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Srirangpatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pioche	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Orderville	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Umari	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Coreena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jaggiayapet	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-24.5 C (-12.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Atherton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mareeba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Elderslie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Frei Paulo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Herberton White St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Strasbourg	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pogranichnyj	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-16.3 C (2.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Aurukun Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Malanda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rush 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Summer Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kleve	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-20.1 C (-4.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnawarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Barrett Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg (Sternwarte)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney 6NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kingman	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

371 records

Records set or tied on 28 March 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 47, Highest daily minimum 29, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 227, Heaviest daily snowfall 31, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 28 March 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	47
Highest daily minimum	29
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	227
Heaviest daily snowfall	31
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 28 March 1958 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 368.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

326 broken records

Margins by which the 326 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 406.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 March 1958

Top 20 records on 28 March 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 March 1958	Limoeiro de Anadia, BR	daily rain	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1958	Pau Dos Ferros, BR	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1958	Beaconsfield, AU	daily rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1958	Sedgwick, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1958	Daniel de Queiroz (Muxiopo), BR	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	15 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1958	Kimball 2NE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	56 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1958	Silverton, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	48 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1958	Kottur, IN	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1958	Telluride 4WNW, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	8 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1958	Gothenburg, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	62 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1958	Gundlupet, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1958	Buena Vista 2S, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	56 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1958	Hambledon Mill Csr, AU	daily rain	255.3 mm (10.1 in)	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	0 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1958	Mulgrave Mill, AU	daily rain	198.1 mm (7.8 in)	108.9 mm (4.3 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1958	Salva Vidas, BR	daily rain	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1958	Cajazeiras, BR	daily rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1958	Sidney 6NNW, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	19 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1958	Ely AP, US	daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	62 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1958	The Valley, AU	daily rain	165.4 mm (6.5 in)	84.9 mm (3.3 in)	1 year	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1958	Krishnarajnagar, IN	monthly rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	39 years	32 of 100 (Routine)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1805 to 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1958. 1958 had 371 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 03-28 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1806	1
1808	2
1815	1
1822	1
1830	2
1847	1
1849	1
1850	2
1853	1
1861	1
1862	3
1863	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1867	2
1870	1
1872	2
1876	2
1878	3
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	3
1887	2
1888	3
1890	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	2
1895	4
1896	6
1897	4
1898	4
1899	1
1900	2
1901	8
1902	25
1903	15
1904	9
1905	45
1906	14
1907	26
1908	11
1909	7
1910	38
1911	21
1912	23
1913	28
1914	46
1915	49
1916	36
1917	44
1918	20
1919	62
1920	55
1921	79
1922	44
1923	308
1924	153
1925	124
1926	222
1927	70
1928	266
1929	236
1930	209
1931	469
1932	459
1933	193
1934	480
1935	117
1936	362
1937	576
1938	396
1939	287
1940	319
1941	255
1942	417
1943	347
1944	994
1945	719
1946	838
1947	943
1948	172
1949	316
1950	377
1951	437
1952	313
1953	303
1954	534
1955	1,111
1956	473
1957	272
1958	371
1959	385
1960	555
1961	521
1962	636
1963	1,090
1964	433
1965	517
1966	584
1967	360
1968	703
1969	630
1970	848
1971	901
1972	447
1973	670
1974	614
1975	1,996
1976	486
1977	1,254
1978	687
1979	614
1980	1,014
1981	793
1982	1,186
1983	1,014
1984	898
1985	1,449
1986	1,394
1987	1,000
1988	546
1989	2,125
1990	916
1991	1,254
1992	789
1993	987
1994	1,201
1995	988
1996	1,269
1997	591
1998	1,719
1999	839
2000	648
2001	1,081
2002	987
2003	641
2004	1,062
2005	853
2006	730
2007	1,560
2008	924
2009	1,154
2010	559
2011	913
2012	781
2013	1,008
2014	885
2015	1,329
2016	547
2017	516
2018	799
2019	457
2020	879
2021	569
2022	1,260
2023	965
2024	334
2025	1,058
2026	1,442

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 28 March 1958
Margin	Records
0 to 100	313
100 to 200	11
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1